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Os Gemeos Bowery Mural To Go Back On Display Before Demolition

After completing the largest 360 degree mural ever earlier this month, Sao Paulo-born duo Os Gêmeos will see their legendary 2009 piece at Houston and Bowery unveiled to the public one last time. The owners of the property say construction of a new wall, which is part of a larger development plan at the site, will begin after […]

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Yawn, Someone Already Tagged Maya Hayuk’s Bowery Wall Mural

‪On Sunday, artist Maya Hayuk told ANIMAL that it will take her several days to paint the Bowery Wall, depending on the weather. She said she wasn’t all that worried if it gets defaced. Last night, her still unfinished mural was tagged by RODA, which is a departure from tradition, as graffiti writers usually wait […]

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Zoom In: Gate Murals on Bowery

For After Hours 2’s “Murals on the Bowery” project, several artists transformed security gates into… security gates with art on them. A few have already been bombed. Here are some of those gates on the Bowery, from Houston Street to Grand Street. Check back every Friday for a new photo essay. See the photos in […]

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Finished Martha Cooper Tribute Mural on Bowery

Here’s the “MARTY” mural that graffiti writers LADY PINK, HOW, NOSM, FREE5, TERROR161, CRASH, DAZE, BIO, and FREEDOM finished over the weekend. The mural was a surprise birthday present for legendary graffiti photographer Martha Cooper, who told ANIMAL that “It was more awesome than awesome.” It’s only there for a few days, so take a nice, […]

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Martha Cooper Tribute Mural on Bowery

Today is Martha Cooper’s birthday. In tribute to the stalwart graffiti photographer, LADY PINK, HOW, NOSM, FREE5, TERROR161, CRASH, DAZE, BIO, FREEDOM and other graffiti writers are currently working on this mural, to be finished later today. The mural was a surprise. They told Martha to come by 12 and there it was. “It’s more […]

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Ron English’s Bowery Wall Is a Giant Branded American Flag With a Hulk Baby

On Friday, OG urban artist Ron English began to roll-out his work on the Houston-Bowery Wall, literally. Perched on a scissor lift with two assistants, he could be seen busily slathering the surface with wheatpaste and gluing up panels that depict some of his most iconic (and potentially polarizing) Popaganda imagery. One of the pieces […]

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Pristine New Bowery Wall Ready For Ron English

After months of renovations by Goldman Properties, the new and improved Bowery Wall has been unveiled. On Friday, noted billboard liberator and POPaganda painter Ron English will begin embellishing the legendary location that has featured the very public work of dozens of artists, some done without permission, over the decades. English offered a tease on […]

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RIP Taylor Swift Mural Represents Chico’s Greatest Work

Ever since Taylor Swift was declared the city’s new Global Welcome Ambassador, the internet (and New Yorkers) hates her even more than it already did. And what better way to celebrate her looming internet death than a RIP mural on the Lower East Side by Chico? The muralist, whose real name is Antonio Garcia, has […]

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Shepard Fairey to Create Incredibly Boring Mural in NYC

World renowned street artist Shepard Fairey is putting up a 30×40 foot mural on the Bowery starting today. Like most of his work, it’s likely to be very mundane, which is bad for New York, but great for the L.I.S.A. Project, as the organization looks to attract more and more high profile artists. (Image: Marina […]

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